pursuing his own ends. If

And then, regarding Engels's remarks on the opposition of "spirit" to "matter" (criticism called the masses — "matter"):

"So then, is not absolute criticism truly

After the old opposition between spiritualism and materialism has exhausted itself in struggle in all directions and been overcome once and for all

Regarding Bauer's words: "Insofar as Jews have now advanced in the sphere of theory, they are truly emancipated; insofar as they wish to be free, they are free"

"This proposition immediately allows one to measure the critical abyss that separates

How low stands [something] compared to holy criticism

The following (pp. 143-167 [104-120]) — the most tedious, incredibly nitpicking criticism of the "Literarische Zeitung," some sort of running commentary of the "lashing" type. Absolutely nothing of interest.

End of § (b) The Jewish Question No. II. 142-185 [104-131]) — pp. 167-185 [120-131] give an interesting

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Marx's response to Bauer on his defense of his book "Judenfrage," criticized in

"Religious questions of the day now have social significance" — this had already been indicated in the "Deutsch-Französische Jahrbücher." There it was characterized

Mr. Bauer does not suspect "that real secular Judaism, and therefore religious Judaism as well, is constantly generated by present bourgeois life and finds

its highest development in

In the "Deutsch-Französische Jahrbücher" it was indicated that the development of Judaism must be sought "in commercial and industrial practice," — that practical Judaism is "the completed practice of the Christian world itself" (169) [121].

"It was proved that the task of overcoming Jewish essence is in fact the task of abolishing

Demanding freedom, — the Jew thereby demands precisely what in no way contradicts political freedom (172) [123-124] — the question concerns

"Mr. Bauer was shown that

Immediately following the above:

"He was shown that, just as the state emancipates itself from religion by emancipating itself from

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